Remember/Renew
March 2 – March 31, 2024

Remember/Renew celebrates the life and legacy of Alexandra Chiou’s late father and her healing journey after his passing. In the exhibition, Chiou gives physical form to abstract concepts and feelings such as hope, love, joy, and wonder, which defined the wonderful life and time she spent with her father. Many of her recent works focus specifically on memories of her childhood home in Virginia. After her father’s passing, her family made the difficult decision to move away, leaving behind a house filled with cherished memories. Several pieces in this exhibition are about coming to terms with this change and finding peace and healing in memories of home, love, and family.

About the Artist:

Alexandra Chiou is a visual artist who draws on nature and memory to create layered, dimensional works on paper that give physical form to abstract feelings and concepts such as hope, joy, resilience, and wonder. Chiou’s work has been exhibited nationally at galleries including Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Boston, MA), Launch LA (Los Angeles, CA), Newport Art Museum (Newport, RI), and Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro, NC), and internationally at venues including the US Embassy in Ethiopia. Her work is also in the public collection of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she currently lives and works in Cambridge, MA.